Hame-hook



(No Model.)

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Patented Apr. 2, 1895.

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FRANKLIN P. WHITE, OF SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

HAIVIE- HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,944, dated April 2, 1895.

- Application filed November 30, 1894:. Serial No. 530,453- (No model.)

To all whom it may ooncerm,

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shallotte, in the county of Brunswick and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Hame-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to an improvement fore known, and one in which the contour will not be broken by the hook portion.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel features of construction which will be fully described hereinafter, and finally embodied in the claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hame hook constructed afe ter the manner of my invention, and showing it in connection with the usual staple of the hame; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the invention; Fig. 3, a cross-section taken through the casing of the spring-actuated bolt aforesaid; Fig. 4, a detail perspective of one of the main plates composing my invention; Fig. 5, a similar view of the remaining plate.

The reference letterA indicates one of the plates composing my improved hame hook, and B the remaining plate, both of which are formed of metal, cast or wrought as may be desired. The plate A has its inner end bent upward,as shown at 1, so as to form substantially a hook, the extremity of the plate being beveled or extended diagonally, as illustrated at 2. The purpose of this peculiar construction will be made clear hereinafter.

Formed integral with the plate A, and at the opposite end thereof, is the barrel 3, which is disposed with one longitudinal half on one side of the plate and the remaining 1ongitudi nal half on the other side of the same. The outer end of the barrel is open so as to permit the corresponding end of the bolt 4 to project through it.

The major portion of the bolt 4 is located within the barrel 3; and the bolt is given a tendency outward by means of the expansive spring 5, which is seated in the rear end of the barrel and which continually engages the corresponding end of the bolt.

Formed in the outer side of the barrel 3, and extending longitudinally therewith, is the slot 6, which has no communication with theend of the barrel, and which is provided to permit the stud 7 to project through it. The stud 7 is formed integral with, or rigidly secured to, the bolt 4, and has at its outer end an enlargement or head 8, by which it may be grasped and manipulated.

It will be observed that the barrel 4 islocated inward from the edge of the plate A, and that this structure retains the truly rectangular form of the plate and prevents outstanding or offset portions which greatly. detract from the appearance of the device and from its durability.

Formed in the plate A, and at about the center thereof, is the opening 9, which is provided to permit the passage of the bolt or screw 10, the same being provided for securin g the plates together. The head of the bolt or screw 10 is countersunk in the plate A, while the body of the said bolt or screw projects through a matching opening 11, formed in the plate B, a thumb-nut 12 being provided by which the plates are held in place. This nut bears directly against the plate B, as may be seen by reference to the drawings.

The connection of the plates A and B is made still more secure by forming integral with, or rigidly securing ,to the former a stud 13, which projects perpendicularly therefrom and through an opening 14 in the plate B, the length of said stud being so gaged in relation to the thickness of the plate B that its outer end will lie flush with the outer surface of said plate. By this means the plates are held on each other so as to be absolutely incapable of any movement whatever independent of each other.

The inner end of the plate B is formed with an upstanding or olfset portion 15, which is bent slightly outward at its upper end, so as to conform to the curve described by the bent portion 1 of the plate A, the beveled edge 2 of said bent portion being arranged to lie snugly in contact with the similarly beveled edge 16 of the plate B. This construction makes a closed and perfectly rigid and effective loop or bearing passage, through which the staple 17, see Fig. 1, may pass, and by which the complete device is connected to the hames so as to be capable of swinging thereon and in a horizontal line.

Formed in the edge of the plate 13, which edge is adjacent to the barrel 3, is the open portion or slot 18, which is provided to permit the adjacent longitudinal section of the barrel to pass through it, and so as to permit the plates A and B to lie snugly against each other.

Formed in the outer end of the plate B is a slot 19, which has at its inner end a counterslot 20, which may be either a continuation of the slot 19, or a separate slot, as desired. It is essential, however, that the two communicate with each other and form, in effect, a continuous slot. This forms the outer end of the plate 13 into substantiallya hook, the free end of which is engaged by the outer end of the bolt 4, and it is by this means that the hook is closed. Itwill be observed that the hook may be opened by moving the bolt 4 rearwardly, all of which is easily understood.

The use of my invention does not differ from the use of other devices of its class, and will not, therefore, need any extended description. It will be sufficient for me to say that the device is to be secured to the hames through the medium of the staple 17, and so that the hooked portion will be free to swing thereon as the conditions of the operation may require. The trace-chains (not shown) are to be connected to the hooked portion through the medium of the slots 19 and 20,

and to be held in place by means of the bolt 4, all of which is understood from the prior art.

The point of the hook formed by the slots 19 and 20 is bent slightly inwardly so as to place itin the same longitudinal plane as the bolt 4:, and so that said bolt may squarely engage the point when operating to close the slots 19 and 20.

Having described the invention, I claim A hame hook comprising in its construction two metallic plates A and B lying closely together, a bolt passing through the plates and by which they are secured in place, the inner end of the plate A being bent transversely and thence inwardly toward the main portion of the plate, while the corresponding end of the plate B is bent transversely to meet the bend in the plate A, the two forming an eye by which the hook may be mounted on the hames, a stud projecting perpendicularly from the plate A and rigid thereon and passing throughan openingin the plate B,whereby the rigid connection of the two plates is insured, a barrel rigid on the plate A and located inward from the outer edge thereof, a spring-actuated bolt in said barrel and having a tendency outward, the plate B being longer than the plate A and projected out from the same, the said projected end of the plate B being slotted to form a hook proper against the point of which the outer end of the spring-actuated bolt aforesaid bears, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN P. \VllITE.

Witnesses:

JULIUS D. DAVIS, GEORGE D. WALKER. 

